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Originally Posted by Fan69
Very well said.
Another thing that drives me crazy is the well he plays with johnny like other top centers arent playing with great wingers or something.
" well our player isnt as good as ( insert any of the top 3 players at that position over the last 2 decades) so we'll never win a cup with him"
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I do not think that anyone has said that so far. Monahan is a very good hockey player. The expectations that that he will be a dominant guy who carries the team in critical games against elite opposition have dissipated.
There would be no reservations about his contributions to winning a SC on team that had sufficient other players to do the heavy dirty work and let him focus on his tremendous offensive skills.
The Flames tried Brouwer, Neal and now Lucic to cover the part of the game that it not part or Monahan's skill set. But then they fill the rest of the forward group with smaller non-physical players that leave Monahan's non-physical play exposed to analysis and criticism.